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US-North Korea Relations

N. Korea preps diplomatic strategy for US election

Jeong Tae Joo - July 31, 2024

Headline

An electricity hog: N. Korea’s Pyongyang Greenhouse Complex

Bruce Songhak Chung - July 31, 2024

water park

Headline

A glimpse into the summer vacations of elite North Koreans

Jeong Tae Joo - July 31, 2024

russian satellite, russia, kim jong un, putin, workers

Russian-North Korean Relations

North Korea is recruiting more workers to send to Russia

Jeong Seo-yeong - July 31, 2024

cellphones, chinese, china, remittances, remittance, dollar, yuan

China-North Korea Border

Hoeryong harshly cracks down on Chinese cellphone users

Eun Seol - July 30, 2024

grains, grain, prices, markets, farms

Headline

North Korean grain prices fall across markets

Seulkee Jang - July 30, 2024

law, trials

News

N. Korea holds simultaneous closed trials for violators of anti-reactionary thought...

Jeong Seo-yeong - July 30, 2024

prison, camp, camps, population, prisoners

Prison Camps

N. Korea’s political prison camps: Shrinking populations amid tightening control

Mun Dong Hui - July 30, 2024

Street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province rice sellers dollar rate, markets, market

Headline

The evolution of N. Korea’s markets: Adapting to economic realities

Lee Sang-yong - July 30, 2024

balloons, propaganda, north korea

Analysis & Opinion

Why is N. Korea changing what’s inside the trash balloons?

Kang Dong Wan, Dong-A University - July 30, 2024

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